Bronzegate's latest Private Equity insights, market trends and deals

 

May 2025


As part of our Bronzegate community, we are delighted to share with you our latest Private Equity Bulletin. This month we look at:

  • Market trends: Optimism Fades Amid New Waves of Uncertainty
  • Insights: Interim Leaders: An Unexplored Value Creation Lever
  • Deal highlights
Aled Homer

 

Tom Birch, Senior Partner at Bronzegate, provides an overview of the Private Equity market halfway through 2025.

 

With renewed economic and political uncertainty affecting deal flow, the role of the CFO has never been more central to value creation in Private Equity. Despite a slower start to the year for transactions, demand for high-calibre finance leaders is rising, particularly in transformation and exit-readiness roles.

 

At Bronzegate, we’ve seen a sharp increase in interim and replacement mandates, with Private Equity experience now more important than ever. In this article, Tom Birch explores the latest hiring trends and shares practical advice on how investors can secure the best finance talent in today’s competitive, candidate-led market.

 

Insights

Insights:

Interim Leaders: An Unexplored Value Creation Lever

Our latest analysis shows that while two-thirds of portfolio CFOs use interims, their potential is still underutilised - often viewed as a safe pair of hands rather than a driver of value. But as expectations on finance leaders continue to rise, interim leaders are proving to be a cost-effective, high-impact solution that can give PE-backed businesses a clear competitive edge.

 

In our latest article, Kieran Clyde, Principal at Bronzegate, explores the underused value of hiring an interim leader and how they can provide a real edge in transformation, value creation, and tactical delivery.

 

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Deal activity:

Deal highlights

  • Providence Equity Partners acquires UK-based Tax Systems, the global tax and accounting software provider.

  • Bowmark-backed DeHavilland acquires NewsDirect, a specialist provider of devolved nations policy coverage.
  • Bridgepoint portfolio company SAMY Alliance has announced the acquisition of Intermate, a German social media and influencer marketing agency.
  • Bridgepoint has announced it will partner with French-based management consultancy firm, Argon & Co.
  • TA Associates acquired a stake in SmartTrade Technologies, a global provider of electronic trading and payments platforms.
  • Horizon Capital portfolio company Ridge and Partners has acquired Adept Management.
  • LDC-backed Deltron completes three acquisitions in: Liverpool-based Abacus Elevators, Lancashire-headquartered Total Lift Care, and Bourne Lifts, which operates in Dorset.
  • LDC-backed PDG Aviation Services announced the acquisition of Team UAV, a provider of unmanned aerial vehicle solutions.
  • LDC-backed Real Digital International announces the successful acquisition of London-based Inicio Health.
  • LDC-backed HR SaaS provider, Talos360, has announced the acquisition of global performance management software platform, Appraisd
  • Marlin Equity Partners makes simultaneous growth investments in Didomi and Addingwell.
  • Maven Capital Partners-backed KubeNet completes first acquisition of ISN Solutions.
  • Maven Capital Partners has completed an investment in Edinburgh-based Podfather.
  • Mayfair Equity Partners-backed Tour Partner Group acquires JacTravel.
  • Travel management specialist BizAway has acquired Aervio, a Spain-based travel management company.
  • NorthEdge Capital supports Contollo Group Ltd to acquire KAM Project Consultants, a project management and cost consultancy firm.
  • ScaleUp acquires a minority stake in XiTrust, a leading provider of secure electronic signature solutions.
  • Altor Equity Partners has reached an agreement to divest Qmatic Group AB to Valsoft Corporation Ireland.
  • Omada, an identity governance and administration software provider, announces investment from GRO and Kirk Kapital.
  • CVC DIF agreed to acquire a stake in BALANCE Erneuerbare Energien, the biogas subsidiary of German gas supplier VNG AG.
  • Dastex, a Riverside portfolio company, has signed a definitive agreement to invest in German-based business, Hydroflex and French-based, Conformat.
  • TowerBrook takes a majority stake in recycling company Axil Integrated Services.
  • TowerBrook and J.C. Flowers-led consortium completes acquisition of Railsr.
  • Eurazeo invests in Ekoscan Integrity, a global NDT solutions provider, for critical industrial applications.
  • Eurazeo acquires the remaining capital of Kurma Partners, an asset management company specialising in medical innovation and biotechnology.
  • Investindustrial agrees to acquire Logic Group, developer and manufacturer of electronic systems for the aerospace industry.
  • IK Partners-backed MÜPRO has agreed to acquire Ireland-based MSS Building Services Ltd.
  • Rivean Capital-backed CED Group acquires German business, Fair Damage Control Holding.
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